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Ask HN: Have you ever abandoned an open-source project?
2 points by paydevs 4y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: What are the Top JavaScript libraries you can’t live without?
3 points by paydevs 4y ago|3 comments
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by paydevs 4y ago
And did you fix a problem you had yourself or was it a problem by someone else - esp. if you used a new programming language?
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by paydevs 4y ago
What do you mean by "practical aspects have become a huge burden"? Is it fixing bugs, adapting to changing environments, feature requests by user, communicating with your userbase, or something else?
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Ask HN: Open-source Maintainer – why do you do it?
2 points by paydevs 4y ago|5 comments
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by paydevs 4y ago
If you are so keen on having disclaimers maybe you should also disclaim in which FAANG companies you worked and which SaaS Startup you are speaking for (as mentioned in your bio).
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by paydevs 4y ago
But open source libraries have a price point of zero - competing on a lower price would be negative. Other paid libs at least have a price that sustains the developer and/or company behind it.
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by paydevs 4y ago
Yes, thats my observation too. While sometime you find libraries that can be bought (e.g. ExtJS), there is no real market for libraries as everybody is used to use open-source, pay nothing, and adapt it to their needs.
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by paydevs 4y ago
But isn't this a little bit perverted system? We build a software app or library that has great value for other people and companies and we do not get paid for this but have to find ways around it to get something back. Imagine that wo
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by paydevs 4y ago
My hypothesis is that Open Source Software (Linux, OpenOffice, etc.) is a great gift because there isn't enough money to buy commercial software. However, open source libraries can be seen as a problem because today you can't easi
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by paydevs 4y ago
Do you know of any statistics on the demographics of HackerNews? I hoped that it is not mainly focussed on the US.
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by paydevs 4y ago
The plan with PayDevs is to give maintainers a choice - it's their decision to monetize or not monetize their open-source libraries. Furthermore, the sourcecode still stays open - only the convenient access to build modules / comp
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by paydevs 4y ago
No, I just want to hear different opinions from different parts of the world. Just because we live in the western world with high salaries does not mean that this is the norm.
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Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?
14 points by paydevs 4y ago|28 comments
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by paydevs 4y ago
Btw. Stripe and PayPal also have subscriptions out-of-the-box but I'm not sure what ChargeBee offers more. Furthermore, have a look at Paddle ( https://www.paddle.com/ ) they cover the worldwide tax handling and have sub
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Ask HN: Open-source Maintainer – have you ever had a burnout?
2 points by paydevs 4y ago|1 comments
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by paydevs 4y ago
And what is your problem discussing the topic? I have an opinion (like you) and I just want to know what other thinks of donations and if it works for them.
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Ask HN: Does donation-based funding of an OS library work?
2 points by paydevs 4y ago|4 comments
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by paydevs 4y ago
An did you try to monetize your project? And if so using which approaches? Donations, dual-licenses, paid support, etc.?
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by paydevs 4y ago
But in general you would if you had enough traction / income, right?
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Ask HN: Would you work full-time on your OSS project if you had the money?
6 points by paydevs 4y ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: How do I earn enough money to work full-time on an open-source library?
3 points by paydevs 4y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: What is your NPM deploy workflow?
2 points by paydevs 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Do you know your Open-Source history?
2 points by paydevs 4y ago|0 comments
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by paydevs 4y ago
For a curated list of monetization approaches have a look at https://github.com/PayDevs/awesome-oss-monetization
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by paydevs 4y ago
Completely agree, no developer of an open-source software has explicitly stated that a) his software is open-source and b) that he adheres to OSI's definition. Most developer just uploaded their project to GitHub and attached a license
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Ask HN: Would you publish your OSS package in a closed registry to monetize it?(twitter.com)
4 points by paydevs 4y ago|0 comments
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by paydevs 4y ago
Interesting, can you elaborate how a "premium user" pays if he wants to host the system by himself? Does he contact you directly or is there a payment system where he gets a code?
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by paydevs 4y ago
Can you tell which page you had the problem on? I only see links to bounties.network without the "www" subdomain (see https://github.com/PayDevs/awesome-oss-monetization/search?q... ) and I couldn't
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by paydevs 4y ago
I feel you that the current situation is not good, but nobody is forcing developers to share their projects as open-source or to use a license that is company-friendly. If the maintainer(s) do not want companies to profit from the OSS witho

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